I've already said it in the video. Do this to become aware of problems, which possibly can be fixed automatically by your body. But also work actively on your technique and don't just rely on this. Improving your fundamentals and technique is a long journey. I also have a lot of work to do and am still far away from the kind of reliable technique I want to achive. But it really pays off to work on it! Since I started focusing on it, my shotmaking improved and I am much stronger under pressure.
thank you again Mr.Sharivari a video that i can now recommend to the many that are struggling on approach/ body position/tip placement/stroke/and...staying down throughout the shot.Your gopro captures all that to see,a very useful tool.
I normally love your videos, but don't this one so much. Not to be _overly_ critical, but I wish you would have edited out or redone the shots where you perform the 'wrong action', but still make the ball in pocket. For those who are more experienced, it's obvious what you mean regarding why/how it still went in, but that won't be the case for beginners. I am just slightly disappointed because this video is titled as for beginners and so should exclude anomalies and accidents so students don't get off-track by examples that seem like the teacher isn't more true with the example. Ultimately, though your videos are great and you are one of my favorite YT billiards instructors.
If I could recommend one of your many videos to beginning players it would probably be THIS video. Being able to deliver the cue straight makes the game so much easier. Towards the end of the video you showed making the 5 ball in the corner and how many people throw that ball in. That is EXACTLY how I used to hit many shots - and MISS many shots. If you get in the habit of doing that on all of your shots you are going to be very inconsistent. Being able to deliver the cue STRAIGHT is so important to consistently good shot making. And if you cannot make shots NOTHING else matters. Pattern play means nothing if you can't actually make the shot!! Fundamentals are so important and the most overlooked part of the game. You and Tor Lowry have done wonders for my game. Excellent video with superb advice.
“All right guys...”, let’s spread the word and get this man to the 200K subscriber mark by the end of the year! My game is far better now than in my youth, thanks to your tutorials. Thanks, man. The addition of the Go-Pro was brilliant, but I’d love to see the shot diagram on Every shot. It seems to throw off the flow of the video when it’s missing.
Great video! A couple months ago my friend and I shot pool at a bar and I asked him of he was aware that he tended to stand up too quickly after the stroke and subsequently missing his shots. He was not aware, but from that point forward, he started putting together multiple shots consecutively once he understood stsying down equated to making his shots instead of missing them slightly. The advice was a tad too good. 😉👍
I've been playing for a while now and this is the first time someone has explained the benefits of staying down on the shot. I've always tried to be consistent about doing it but now it makes so much more sense. I'm looking forward to seeing how this additional input can help me with discerning between bad cueing and bad aiming. Thanks so much!
The concept of visualizing the cue traveling in a straight line through the cue ball and object ball and continue n to the pocket is such a simple idea to keep in your head . then you get immediate feedback and the bonus of helping you stay down..I Its solid Gold you can take to the bank ! Sharivari Your a great help to all of us! Thanks Dex
Being aware of issues I have and trying to correct them while trying to be comfortable in the shot has been my biggest struggle. Thanks for all the tips bud!
What helped me to understand is about you shooting in POV. It gave me the idea that I can track my movements using GoPro and observe my flaws. After you did the GoPro thing, it helped me understand more clearly about your lessons and it's true, it helped me learn a little fast! Still happy about your improvement on your lessons and on this channel. Keep up the good work!!!
Sharivari i hold the buttend cradling the buttend with my first 2 fingers with limp wrist,its nice fluid action,only time you fully grip the buttend is when you break
Thank you Sharavari !! This is a five star Grand Slam Jewel of a lesson! Simply a Treasure ! This as a very happy moment in my pool lifetime . Thanks again, Dexter
I was throwing the ball in like you described and I was doing really well on the short shots but struggled with the long shots. Now that I've been working on using a straight stroke I've been undercutting my cut shots. I think I used to just line up thick and move my arm over to get the right angle on the cut.
@@Sharivari I've never really taken a technical approach to the game before, it's fascinating. I was watching videos about kick shots, English, Que ball physics, and positioning. I never knew English was so powerful. You can shoot from diamond to diamond length wise and either bring it straight back with just above center or throw it in the opposite side center pocket with enough side English. That blew my mind. I'm going to be ordering a pool table soon to practice more.
thank you bro you are the most liked youtuber I love because of your teaching technique so please go on I did not have like your things but I manage to do all this
Great advice. And try this... put a 2"x2" post-it under the spot where the cue ball hits the object ball and practice stopping the cue ball ON the sticker, perfect stop shot. Practice it at different distances, whatever is comfortable and challenging. Then move the sticker a bit forward or back. You can get good at this much faster than you'd think just by adding that feedback. Side spin control is included automatically because a perfect stop requires perfectly zero side english and that makes the aim more precise. Test it by shooting a striped ball as if it's the cue ball but never let anything but the stripe touch the cloth. It's easy for rolling shots once you start paying attention, tougher for follow, and really tough for draw. When your stroke is straight and your spin is controlled, build your aim on top of that. In other words, if the object ball doesn't go in the pocket it's not a waste of a shot that you should forget (if the shot is straight and spin is under control), it's a perfect shot just for a ball in a slightly different location. Every straight quality shot is valuable and helps you learn fast rather than trying to remember the good ones and forget the bad ones... your body and subconscious is remembering them all! But only your conscious remembers the makes vs. misses when emotions are under control.
I have to start working on this. I’ve known for years that I don’t cue straight and have relied on just throwing the ball in on cuts and it makes what should be easy shots way harder. I just have been lazy actually going down and working on it!
Alright @sreeraj, let's just take baby steps first...work on your game before you upgrade. Like giving a beginner driver a 6speed standard, 1,100HP turbo injected, super charged, diesel Mazda Furai to do testing because it's ""better"" than the cheaper, automatic, less cooler, slower, stock as a bone, 127HP corolla. It's not always the equipment, most the time it's user error or lack of experience/skill...in this sense, the corolla is victorious because the noob driver can't drive stick yet🤦🏾♂️
Hi, I noticed your channel by chance. Watched a few of your videos and my eyes became as 2€ coins big 😳🙂. Your didactic and video preparation is undoubtedly a real MASTERPIECE. Thanks a lot 🍻🍻🍻
@@Sharivari My older brother is a really good shot and has beat a few Master Players, but I'd like to up my game and beat him more often. I've watched a lot of pool, and have to say he has incredible ball control like you do. I'm actually a pretty descent player, but I'm lucky to beat him 1 out of 10 games, which when it does happen... he made a mistake and opened the door for me. Hoping to change that!
Cool post, you're a VERY skilled player. Thank you! Question - is the go-pro a RU-vid crutch to get views? Every instructional pool video I've seen that has the go-pro view, has no repeat shots that CORRECT the "mistake" made. Help us out here please 👍
Hey sharivari I think you have a thing for aiming with just a LITTLE bit of outside spin on every shot maybe. I for example try to hit the dead center axis if I think I don't need spin but of course I'll aim with spin if I need it
@@minhazsarker2040 yeh I was the same most of my life then, just recently, when I learned from Earl Strickland about how important this is, I started using a little outside, especially on sharp cut angles, and its improved my potting and cb control massively :)
@@DaveSpicerUK I know you must have seen from the billiard network on Earl's commentary. I'll use some outside spin for sharp ish angles too but in fuller hits I'll just usually play plain ball to hone in on my angle recognition
Wie oft hast trainiert um "falsch" zu stoßen? ;-) Schönes Video - hatte ja letztens auch mal das Problem mit dem queue nach links und nicht straight. Hat sich dann behoben als ich weiter hinten angefasst habe
thanks...you told during the stroke dont go left or right...ok...whats about going high or low during the stroke? per example, Shane Van Boening aims so many balls so low as possible, but hit about 1 cue tip higher. we all know he have tremendous cue action. please explain SVB stroke
Yes, SVB cues very low but when he actually hits the shot he hits about one tip higher or even more than that on many shots. That is just a cuing technique many players use. In the old days, and still today to some extent, some players cue high and then hit lower on the follow through. It is just a preference that helps the players. I am not saying I am SVB or anywhere close but I like to cue exactly where I plan to hit the ball. That works great for me. But others cue low, others cue high. It just what works for the individual.
I really wanna learn. Im an architect so apparently I visualize angles very well. I played the other day and they say my shots are complex for a beginner and I should keep playing. So I found your channel. I'll be sure to update you on my improvements. Much love from St Kitts
Hi Shavari ! Say I have watched a lot of your training videos and have learned from them . I have a question : I own a cue that I play mostly , how do I know when the tip needs replacing? It’s not mushroomed , but it’s hard and I get miscues time to time , I got the cue used so never experienced the true feel of the hit when the tip was new . Thank you
Help.... I do exactly what you say not to do I swing my elbow out to throw balls in. I think I have done it so much I am very used to doing it and now it is really hard not to do it. Even on straight shots my cue will not be straight after the shot. How to I stop this? Will it correct if I consciously notice it more?
On that 5 ball shot you didn’t explain what to do. All you said was they hit it full and then aim so it barely went in. Just trying to figure out how would someone shoot it Better.
Lets go with my dumb question: Why some of your videos explode quickly and gets a lot of views and many other dont( its normal that some are more popular than other but it looks like there is too big gap between them)... is this because of advertising or something else
Not a dumb question. Actually the question every RU-vidr wants to know the answer to. It depends on many factors, for example how many people click on the video when they see it, how long they watch it, how many likes and comments it gets and so on. Then the RU-vid algorithm has to decide that all of this is good enough to show it to more people. Thats the reason I always ask for comments, likes and subscriptions with an active bell notification. If everyone would subscribe with the bell I would be independent from the algorithm.
3:14 wait just a second. You have a straight in shot. Your cue ended up pointing to the center of the pocket. With these facts in mind, it is impossible that your aim was wrong. The correct aim when dealing with a straight in shot, is indeed the center of the pocket. You had the correct aim, your cue ended up in the correct place, but the cue action was not straight when it hit the cue ball. If you watch that shot, your cue ball didn't stop dead, it stunned to your left, and the 1 ball missed after hitting the long rail (on your right). So you clearly didn't hit the ball full. If your cue ended up in the correct line after the shot, that means that you didn't have "a nice technique of nice stroke". If you had a wrong aim, then your cue would have ended pointing to a different spot, not in the middle of the pocket (assuming a straight stroke). One other possible explanation is that you didn't set up the shot right, that you didn't actually have a straight in shot there. If the 1 ball was slightly to the right of the straight in shot line, then your mind (possibly because of the camera and the filming of this video) forced you to cue straight in the pocket, regardless of the object ball. Your mind forced you to shoot straight, even though the object ball was not in that straight line. This would result to a straight cueing pointing at the center of the pocket, and your cue ball stunning to the left. This would have been indeed a wrong aim. So 2 possible explanations. If it was indeed a dead straight shot the problem was not straight cueing, if it wasn't a dead straight in shot the problem was wrong aiming.
